LORD JUSTICE-GENERAL

lord justice-general, the highest judge in scotland, head of the court of justiciary, called also the lord president, and as such head of the court of session and representative of the sovereign. the office of justice-general was for a considerable time a sinecure post held by one of the scottish nobility, but by the court of session act 1830, it was enacted that, at the termination of the existing interest, the office should be united with that of lord president of the court of session, who then became presiding judge of the court of justiciary. the salary is £5000 a year.